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Judgment handed down in Lazarichev & Ors v Lyndou [2024] EWHC 8 (Ch)
There is a rich strain of jurisprudence as to whether the term “residence” in various contexts necessarily connotes “lawful residence”. However, this question has rarely, if ever, been tested in the context of an application for security for costs. On... Read more
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Cambridge University Trusts Law Committee Seminar: The implications of Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd v Halabi
In an event chaired by the Rt Hon Lord Justice Launcelot Henderson, Clare Stanley KC speaks to members of the Cambridge Trusts Law Committee, STEP, ACTAPS and the Chancery Bar Association on The implications of Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd v... Read more
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Wilberforce Birmingham Property Seminar 2024
We are delighted to invite you to our Birmingham Property Seminar 2024, featuring talks from silks and juniors on topical property law issues. The event will take place at The Grand Hotel Birmingham from 3pm on Thursday 7th March 2024,... Read more
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Judgment handed down in Avon Cosmetics v Dalriada Trustees and ors
The Avon Cosmetics case is the latest word from the High Court on the conditions required for saving a pension scheme amendment that is partially invalid due to failing to comply with the scheme’s amendment power. It confirms the requirement... Read more
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Judgment handed down in Newell Trustees Ltd v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd
In Newell Trustees Ltd v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd, the High Court upheld the validity of the conversion of certain scheme members’ final salary benefits to money purchase benefits following their transfer to a newly-created money purchase section of the... Read more
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Leading junior James Man joins Wilberforce Chambers
Wilberforce is delighted to announce that James Man has joined Chambers. James’s established reputation and experience in commercial and trusts disputes adds to the existing pool of talent in our core specialist areas and supports our litigation and arbitration practices... Read more
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Data protection legislation in the UK and its impact on the confidentiality of trustee decision-making
Article by Edward Sawyer, 2nd February 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Introduction The UK’s data protection legislation has been in the news recently with the introduction last autumn of a US-UK data bridge... Read more
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Trust & Estates Litigation Forum
Gilead Cooper KC is speaking at the Trusts & Litigation Forum on Monday 5th February. Gilead is speaking alongside Rachael Reynolds KC (Ogier), Fozeia Rana-Fahy (MJM) and Jessica Henson (Payne Hicks Beach) in a debate: ‘Have Offshore Jurisdictions Departed Too... Read more
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Wilberforce Chambers features twice in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2024
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers appears in two of The Lawyer’s Top 10 appeals of 2024, identifying this year’s most-talked-about disputes in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Annington Property v The Secretary of State for... Read more
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Newell Trustees Ltd v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd
Edward Sawyer has written a casenote on the recent Newell decision, which provides a fresh insight into the effect of Courage provisos on the conversion of DB benefits to DC. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website... Read more